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🌳 Last week in climate (#82) by ClimateU

🌳 Last week in climate (#82) by ClimateU

22 closed rounds, new dealflow, COP28 news, jobs, and events.

December 12, 2023

Good morning evening and happy Tuesday from COP28 in Dubai,

Today, we'll cover last week's:💰 closed rounds (22),🚀 new dealflow,💼 new jobs,📰 climate news, and🗓 events.

You know the drill:💚 Add any jobs, events, news, or funding rounds.📰 Apply to sponsor a newsletter here.📞 Apply for a consultation here.📩 Write us.

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💰 Closed Rounds

🇨🇭🇬🇭 Koa - €15M Series B

📍 Switzerland & Ghana🏭 Cocoa fruit products.

Investors: Mirova, Regenerative Growth Fund 1, Haltra

Article, Company

🇩🇰 Blue World Technologies - €11M Series C

📍 Aalborg, Denmark🚗 Methanol fuel cell manufacturer as alternative fuel.

Investors: Cycle Group, Export and Investment Fund, Maersk Growth

Article, Company

🇸🇪 Enerpoly - $8.4M Grant

📍 Stockholm, Sweden⚡️ Sustainable zinc-ion batteries for energy storage solutions.

Investors: Swedish Energy Agency

Article, Company

🇬🇧 HURR - £7.9M Venture - Series Unknown

📍 London, United Kingdom🏭 On-demand wardrobe rental.

Investors: Ascension, D4 Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Praetura Ventures

Article, Company

🇬🇧 SunSave - £5.4M Seed

📍 London, United Kingdom⚡️ Solar and storage for households.

Investors: Bill Nussey, IPGL, Michael Spencer, Norrsken VC, Plug and Play Tech Center, Roland Rudd, Sir Stuart Rose

Article, Company

🇳🇱 Farmless - €4.8M Seed

📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands🍴 Planet-friendly proteins.

Investors: Revent, Vorwerk Ventures, World Fund

Article, Company

🇩🇪 Strong by Form - €4.8M Seed

📍 Stuttgart, Germany🏗 Timber-based biocomposites.

Investors: Citi Ventures, Climate Insiders, CMPC Ventures, COREangels, Finsa, GSBackers, MAIF Avenir, Savia Ventures, Saviu Ventures, Symbia VC, Teampact ventures, VX Ventures

Article, Company

🇪🇪 UP Catalyst - €4M Seed

📍 Tallinn, Estonia⚡️ Carbon nanomaterials and graphite.

Investors: Extantia Capital, Little Green Fund, Scottish Baltic Invest, SmartCap, Sunly, UniTartu Ventures

Article, Company

🇪🇸 Velca - €3.5M Series A

📍 Madrid, Spain🚗 Electric motorcycles.

Investors: BeHappy Investments, Noso Capital, sherry ventures

Article, Company

🇫🇷 Carbon Maps - €3M Seed

📍 Lille, France🍴 Climate management platform for the food industry.

Investors: Breega, Daphni, Samaipata

Article, Company

🇫🇷 BioFluff - $2.5M Seed

📍 Paris, France🏭 Plant-based fur.

Investors: Astanor Ventures

Article, Company

🇦🇹 Lignovations - €2.2M Seed

📍 Vienna, Austria⚡️ Sustainable biomaterials.

Investors: Borregaard ASA, Valnon Holding

Article, Company

🇹🇷 Innovasion Labs PINC - $2M Seed

📍 Turkey⚡️ Lithium-ion battery technology.

Investors: APY Ventures, Cihan Elbirlik, Kerim Kotan, Keshif Ventures

Article, Company

🇨🇭 Noriware - CHF 1.4M Grant

📍 Aargau, Switzerland🏭 Seaweed-based packaging film.

Investors: InnoSuisse

Article, Company

🇬🇧 Ki Hydrogen - €1.1M Pre-Seed

📍 London, United Kingdom⚡️ Unlocking the green hydrogen revolution.

Investors: Desai Ventures, SFC Capital, HICO, G-Force, Carbon13

Article, Company

🇩🇪 level nine. - €1M Pre-Seed

📍 Berlin, Germany🏭 Biomanufacturing.

Investors: Zero Carbon, Entrepreneur First, Rockstart, Maarten Alblas, Jonas Ruyter, Ferdinando Randisi

Article, Company

🇬🇧 Clean Food Group - £1M Grant

📍 London, United Kingdom🍴 Sustainable food ingredients.

Investors: Innovate UK

Article, Company

🇬🇧 LIND - £900k Seed

📍 Kinross, United Kingdom⚡️ Battery storage.

Investors: Green Angel Ventures, Scottish Enterprise, University of Strathclyde

Article, Company

🇬🇧🇷🇴 Ogre AI - €625k Seed

📍 Romania / UK⚡️ The ultimate energy management platform.

Investors: Soulmates Ventures

Article, Company

🇬🇧 About:Energy & Eatron Technologies - Grant

📍 London, United Kingdom⚡️ Unlocking the potential of battery technology.

Investors: UK Research and Innovation

Article, About Energy, Eatron Technologies

🇪🇪 R8 TECHNOLOGIES - Corporate Round

📍 Tallinn, Estonia🏠 AI for more sustainable commercial buildings.

Investors: Encevo, Møller Eiendom, Panasonic

Article, Company

🚀 New Dealflow

We’re finalizing our updated insights, dealflow, and data access on ClimateU - more on that soon.

Last week, another round was announced:🇩🇪 Seed - 2024 Q1 (⚡️ Solar Energy / Distributed Energy Resources)

💼 New Jobs

Last week, 1,750 new jobs were posted on the ClimateU job board.

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